Forster. Police Court
In the Forster Police Court on Wednesday, 8th instant, before Mr. W. A. Belton, J.P., Clarence Henry French, 40 years and Forster Blows,…
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Courts & crime, 1947
483 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 2 of 25
Police Court. Taree: Monday, Jan. 13, 1947. (Before Mr. C. H. Blackmore, P.m.) Street Betting Offence
Harold Roy Curtis, who was represented by Mr. R. S. Butterworth, was charged with betting on horse races run at Canterbury, in Victoria…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Former Nsw Minister for Justice Latest Cables and Telegrams. The "Macleay Argus" is a subscriber to the Australian Associated Press, which provides the overseas news in this issue. on Murder Charge in London Butchers to Re-open London
The first witness called in a case in which the former New South Wales Minister for Justice, Thomas John Ley, is charged, beside Lawrence…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →1200 See Tennis Exhibition High Ranking Players at Taree to Mark Opening of New Court
A crowd of 1200—a record tennis gallery for Taree—saw four high-ranking players give a thrilling exhibition on the Taree Tennis Club's new court on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Imprisoned on Stealing Charge
Edward Quirk pleaded guilty to a charge of stealing seven yards of canvas, valued at £2/16/-, the property of the Railway Commissions…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Police Court. Taree: Monday, Jan, 13, 1947. (Before Mr. C. H. Blackmore, P.m.) Alleged Betting Offence
John Zaunders was charged with [?]ng the Elite Cafe, Victoria St., Taree, for the purpose of betting. This matter had been part heard,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Kempsey Burglary
About 11 p.m. on January 14 Constable N. Bell and Special Constable R. Cooper Kempsey night watchman, saw three youths come from Verge's…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →New Taree Tennis Court High Praise By Davis Cup Player
Tom Brown, of the United State Davis Cup team, Highly praised the tennis court prepared by officials of the Taree Tennis Club for the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Hotel Theft Lodgers' Rooms Entered Six Months' Gaol
Edward D. Doolan, a stranger to Kempsey, pleaded guilty in the Kempsey Petty Sessions on Wednesday to two charges of stealing from two…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tobacco Issue Exhibit "A" in Court Co-op. Store Burglary
The impoverished smoker would have been green with envy, and almost enticed to crime, if he could have seen the bar table at the Kempsey…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Charged with Assaulting Brother
John Hoskins was charged with assaulting his brother, Charles Hoskins and occasioning actual bodily harm. There was no appearance of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Metho Addict Four Months for Theft
Thanks for a four months sentence to hard labor was expressed by an accused in the Kempsey Petty Sessions, on Wednesday. He…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Theft of Lorry Fines £11 Imposed
The theft of a motor lorry containing valuable equipment and petrol, and the return of the lot undamaged and unpillaged within two…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Charged with Driving in Dangerous Manner
Clarence Jackson, alias Victor Lyne, was charged with driving a motor lorry in a manner dangerous to the public, on the Wingham Road,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Licensing Court
The chairman of the Licensing Board, Mr. Scobie, presided at a sitting of the Licensing Court at Port Macquarie on Wednesday and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Theft of a Wallet Accused Pleads Home Worries
His wife's adultery and the birth of a child, not his, led him to steal money from his superior and friend, said a defendant in the Kempsey…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Alleged Cattle Stealing Committed for Trial Maria River Cases
A well-known Maria River resident, Percy Clarence Baker, was committed, for trial at the Kempsey Quarter Sessions on March 4,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Police Court. Taree: Monday, Jan. 13, 1947. (Before Mr. C. H. Blackmore, P.m.) Drunkenness
John Craddock was charged with being drunk in Wingham Road, Taree, on January 11. Sgt. Fitzgerald said that defendant had been…
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At Kempsey Police Court on Tuesday, before Messrs N. L. Parker and J. Flanagan, J.'sP., Russell Smith, of Uralla, was charged with…
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After that dinner things began to happen. Eric discovered urgent business in Boston and Pat drove him to the train in the station wagon Phineas…
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